Beck does it, So is it the best way to go???

Beck paints the bottom of the deck lid, the bottom of the hood, and the inner of the trunk area black. Every hot rod I see has it as well.

I spent a ton of time painting the car, I'd hate to paint black if it does not need it, but when I look at what Beck does, it just seems finished. So I am torn.

My poll for the day. Should I? And, is your car done this way? If so post a pic, I'd like to see it.

Thanks
Todd

Mine were painted with a rubberized undercoating. Can stuff, bought at the parts store. I liked it better than looking at more Gelcoat.

Black just covers the best. Some people think it also looks better when the underside gets dirty. Other then that, there is no advantage, except that many people use the above described spray on rubber which is also usually black, and makes missed spots less noticeable.

I painted mine with texture trunk spray paint. It comes in a couple of colors like grey with white fleckes, and black with grey flecks. They also sell a clearcoat for it to give it some wear resistance. I thought it looked real good, and took out all of the inconsistencies in the underside of the hood. I may have a photo somewhere....

Can't find one of the Speedster at work now...maybe something at home. I know I used the black with grey flecks. Here is a Kelmark I did that used the grey with white flecks on the undersides of the rear lids.

JPS uses the body color in those areas.

Same as VS and Porsche on the original cars.

The later 356's had chip guard (like bedliner in a way) sprayed on the under side flat surfaces first, not really masked off, but sprayed (or brushed) right up to and a little over-sprayed onto the inside frame work. Then everything was painted body color.

Same thing on the inside of the doors as well.

Maybe it was a partial sound deadening thing; it looks good anyway. Body color for a factory look, black for the easy way out. Zolotone multi-color trunk spray ONLY if you own an American made car from the 60's or 70's, otherwise it looks like . . . trunk paint.

My opinion.